Abstract using acrylic on canvas. Up Against It.  See the lone person in the middle up against the rest! The name comes from Todd Rundgren’s album. Up Against It! is a 1997 album by Todd Rundgren consisting mostly of song demos he wrote and recorded between 1986 and 1989 for the musical theater adaption of the never produced screenplay Up Against It.  The play was originally written in 1967 by Joe Orton for the Beatles.